Why do complementors participate? An analysis of partnership networks in the enterprise software industry


Kude, Thomas ; Dibbern, Jens ; Heinzl, Armin


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URL: https://ub-madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/3124
URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-31240
Dokumenttyp: Arbeitspapier
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Titel einer Zeitschrift oder einer Reihe: Working Papers in Business Administration and Information Systems
Band/Volume: 02/10
Sprache der Veröffentlichung: Englisch
Einrichtung: Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaftslehre > Sonstige - Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaftslehre
MADOC-Schriftenreihe: Area Information Systems and Institute for Enterprise Systems > Working Papers Lehrstuhl für ABWL und Wirtschaftsinformatik (Heinzl) (bis 2011)
Fachgebiet: 330 Wirtschaft
Normierte Schlagwörter (SWD): Objektorientierte Programmierung , Enterprise-Resource-Planning , Klein- und Mittelbetrieb , Corporate Network , Wirtschaftsinformatik
Freie Schlagwörter (Englisch): Enterprise software industry , small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) , partnership networks , independent software vendors (ISV) , complementarity
Abstract: In the enterprise software industry, large providers (hubs) are fostering partner networks with smaller companies (spokes) that complement their platforms. This study takes the perspective of these spokes and seeks to understand their motivation to partner. It is the first to simultaneously examine two theoretical perspectives that help explain partnership formation. The input-oriented perspective holds that organizations enter inter-firm arrangements in order to access external resources and capabilities. The output-oriented perspective posits that the complementarity of the partners’ products influences the benefits obtained from a partnership. In order to examine the relevancy and possible interaction of these two perspectives, a multiple-case study is conducted. Qualitative data from 17 spoke organizations is gathered and thoroughly analyzed. The study confirms that the hub's reputation and its capability to provide integrated systems are generally important reasons for partnering. However, the extent to which the hub’s innovativeness and its commercial capital motivate spokes to partner varies substantially. The key finding of this study is that these variations can be explained by differences in the level of product complementarity. This leads to the conclusion that there is a widely neglected interaction effect between the input- and outputoriented perspectives in explaining the formation of hub-and-spoke partnerships.
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